girls and their gangs

Jerry had been shot earlier that dayby two juviniles with handguns in search of drugs and money.Contention 1.. Juvinile Crime with guns has gone up.A.. Juviniles homocide with guns is tr

Gun ControlFifth of July and me and my boyfriend are just sitting around watching T.V when thephone rings I answer the phone and here my best friend Laurie trying to tell mesomething through her tears I knew it was more thana family problem because shewouldn't call me at my

boyfriends if it wasn't serious I tried to get her to calm down soI could half way understand her I could here her say something about our good friendJerry.I took her a few minutes but I finally understood her Jerry had been shot earlier that dayby two juviniles with handguns in search of drugs and money.Contention 1 Juvinile Crime with guns has gone up.A Juviniles homocide with guns is tripling Congressional Record 96' ( July

24, Senate Resolution 282)"Juvinile homosides involving firearms trippled from 1980 to 1994 Ask any policechief of any major cities in this country and they will tell you the problem in violence isthat how the weapons are more powerful and they are used more frequently."B Number of other teen murders by other means has remained the same

Montgomery, 96' (Knight-Ridder, July 8)"Noting that the number of gang murders by juviniles has tripled since 1980 while thenumber of teen murders by all other means has stayed the same."C Black Market is a great sorce of gun trading Munsey, 96' (Christopher, March 31)"Firearms stolen from residents and gun stores are the number one outlet for

forcriminals 'They are traded on the street in the brisk black-market whirl that includesdrugs & cash.' state police said.D Guns kill more teens than all diseases conbined.Neergaad, 96'(AP, July 13)"Guns kill more teen-agers than all other diseases combined Gun related homicides

&suicides are rising Firearms send almost 40,000 americans to thier graves each year.Contention 2 Availability of guns to juvililes has gone up.A Guns are easy to stealMunsey,'96 (Christopher, March

31)"Criminals like stolen handguns because if they are somehow

recovered after a crime,they will turn up in the records only as stolen."B Handguns are sold frequently Johnson,96' (Febuary 21, Columbia

Dispatch)"People can buy handguns at gunshows, flea markets, and on the black market without aBrady Check Criminals with half a brain will advoid the gunstores and going throughthe system."C The Brady

LawJohnson, 96' (Febuary 21, Columbis Dispatch)"The Brady Law which took effect Febuary 28, 1994, requires a background check duringthe five day waitng period before the sale of a handgun D Police are

inadequateJeffery Synder (The Pblic Interest, 1993)"Crime is increasing because citizen resistence & law inforcement is inadequate."PlanPlan Plank 1 The plan will be administed by the Department of Justice and all ohernecessary agencies in the U.S.Plan Plank 2 MandatesA The possession of a handgun by a juvinile will be classified as a Class

2MisdemeanorB Local police will be given the authority to search any juvinile suspected of carring ahandgun C A tip reward for a gun

reporting, like the Charleston "Operation Gun Stoppers"program, will be implemented nationwide.D Any handguns possessed by juviniles will be confiscated and turned over to localpolice.E Block grants will be given to the states and localities in order to hire and necessarylaw inforcement personnel required for plan implementaionPlan Plank 3 The proposal shall be funded by a simplification of the tax code, whichwill raise $250 billion over the next 5 years.Plan Plank 4 Enforcement will be through

normal meansPlan Plank 5 The Aff claims legislative intent Contention

3 Gun Stoppers program will reduce juvinile crime.A The "Gun

Stoppers" progam will improve classification effortsRueben

Greenburg(Police Chief, Charleston S.C ) The status quo Researcher , March15, 1996 p 229"Under the program, if a tip leads to the

confiscation of an illegal gun, the tipster gets$100 within an hour 'We changed the situation from kids showing off their guns to onewhere they are afraid for anyone to even know to have the gun.' Greenburg says."

In conclusion, juvinile crimes with handguns are inreasing rapidly If we

do not try totake control of this problem now, then it will most likely only get worse The juvinilesare the future of the U.S ; let's not give them a weopon that determain the life ofanother Thank You